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Twitter: 10th anniversary
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/03/24/twitter-10th-anniversary/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 24, 2016 See a collection of significant tweets in this short history from Wired magazine. Read also the Guardian debate on whether you love or hate it.
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World Humanitarian Data And Trends 2015
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/01/29/world-humanitarian-data-and-trends-2015/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 29, 2016 The United Nations Office For the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) has just released the latest annual report which has overall country and regional data.
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Violence against women
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/03/07/violence-against-women/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 7, 2014 Violence against Women in the UK According to a recent survey conducted by the European Union’s Agency for Fundamental Rights which was published this week, the UK is ranked...
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Online Gender Gap Audit published
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/09/26/online-gender-gap-audit-published/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 26, 2016 The World Wide web Foundation has recently launched its first audit of the difficulties women face at getting online.
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Fat Cat Thursday (4th January)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/01/05/fat-cat-thursday-4th-january/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 5, 2018 In just three working days, the UK’s top bosses made more money than the typical UK full-time worker will earn in the entire year.
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Surnames and the Y chromosome
https://le.ac.uk/history/research/current-research-grants/previous-research-grants-and-projects/the-impact-of-diasporas-on-the-making-of-britain/the-diasporas-projects/surnames-and-the-y-chromosome
Dr Turi E King, Research Fellow and Project Manager of the Impact of Diasporas on the Making of Britain. Lead researcher on 'The Genetic Legacy of the Vikings in the North of England' project. Research Fellow: Dr Turi King In Britain, we have heritable surnames.
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North Korea Missile Test Database
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/05/12/north-korea-missile-test-database/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 12, 2017 Recently launched by James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, t his open access resource provides information on every test launch since 1984 allowing long-term monitoring of trends.
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LGBT and work
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/07/24/lgbt-and-work/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 24, 2017 A report from the TUC – the cost of being out at work – reported nearly 39% LGBT responding to their survey had been victimised or discriminated against by colleagues.
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Google and tax
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/02/05/google-and-tax/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 5, 2016 The charity Full Fact has examined the claim that Google only pays 3% of its profits in tax. Consult its website to see what it concludes.
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Pepys: teaching resources
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/02/22/pepys-teaching-resources/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 22, 2024 Professor Kate Loveman (School of Arts, University of Leicester) has created a new collection of educational resources for key stage 1 & 2 about Samuel Pepys and his times.